I have been off this blog for a long time. Now is the time to get back to it, for a lot of water (or some kind of blood) had flown under the bridge since I wrote something here. Elections are like games. Someone wins, someone loses. But the winner and the loser of this election is/was a different breed of politicians: The winner a total political nonentity, a loose canon, an “unguided missile”of one of a kind; the loser a consummate politico with vast experience but some baggage and lack of charismatic qualities. So, my friends, here we are confronted with an unknown and in some ways scary future for America and the world in the age of the Trump. Great Britain may no longer be so great after the Brexit fallout. France and Germany too confront unknown futures come next year’s election cycles there. Let us brace ourselves to jump into this unknown political and social futures at home and abroad. But at the same time let us not forget the words spoken more than one hundred and fifty years ago by a political sage and seers about the American state: “This government of the people, by the people, for the people will not perish from this earth.” Good luck!

Aqueil

]]>https://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/post-traumatic-election-2016/feed/0aqueilPolice vs. People/People vs. Policehttps://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/police-vs-peoplepeople-vs-police/
https://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/police-vs-peoplepeople-vs-police/#respondMon, 11 Jul 2016 20:57:08 +0000http://aqueil.wordpress.com/?p=78]]>The situation unfolding with regard to the killing of black folks by police and the counter-offensive of killing policemen by some angry and misguided black folks is ugly, dangerous, counterintuitive and counterproductive. The big question is how to stop this variety of violence, as well as the culture of violence that has gripped our communities and cities. We can try and can solve this insidious problem by talking about it politically, socially and culturally in our homes, churches, schools, and at publicly through the mass media. The contents of this communications should be to point out that “an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind;” that violence is an act of cowardice; and it does not solve, has never solved any problem or conflict. If anything, it aggravates them. Violence to “set scores” must stop before we can score any victories in war against injustice, hate, and bigotry.

Aqueil

]]>https://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/police-vs-peoplepeople-vs-police/feed/0aqueilSyria still in flameshttps://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/syria-still-in-flames/
https://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/syria-still-in-flames/#respondMon, 15 Feb 2016 16:14:05 +0000http://aqueil.wordpress.com/?p=67]]>Unfortunately, the Russians are the key players in the Syrian conflict since Obama let it slip off from his control. John Kerry’s efforts, along with the others, to promote at least a temporary ceasefire there are noteworthy. At this time Obama can once again cease the initiative by inviting Putin, along with his European, Turkish, and Saudi counterparts, to negotiate peace in Syria. But he seems to have abandoned Syria, leaving it for Kerry to work out something. That is rather unfortunate.

Aqueil

]]>https://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/syria-still-in-flames/feed/0aqueilConfronting ISIShttps://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/confronting-isis/
https://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/confronting-isis/#respondThu, 21 Jan 2016 21:17:15 +0000http://aqueil.wordpress.com/?p=59]]>Bernie Sanders says ISIS reflects a problem within the soul of Islam! OK, then what? HRC says let us impose a no-fly zone in Syria, which implies confronting not only the French sorties but also those flown by Russia. You kidding me, Ma’am? No-fly zone would have worked two years ago to stop Assad barrel-bombing his own people who were struggling to get rid of him. So, let America and the other world powers get-together and ask the Saudi ruler to invite Muslim leaders from all over the world and ask them to ask ISIS to stop degrading Islam; stop committing atrocities in the name of Islam; and ask them what is there endgame, for they will never be able to establish a Caliphate in this day and age. In other words if some reason could be injected in ISIS’ f….g brain, that would be something to help invoke the “soul of Islam.”

A

]]>https://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/confronting-isis/feed/0aqueilViolence and gunshttps://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/violence-and-guns/
https://aqueil.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/violence-and-guns/#respondWed, 20 Jan 2016 17:11:11 +0000http://aqueil.wordpress.com/?p=16]]>During the last year of his presidency, President Barack Obama is hitting hard on stricter background checks for the purchase of any kind of guns – a rather modest appeal for reason. As expected, the Republicans have twisted his executive order as an attempt to take away guns from our hands, an utterly mischievous lie. Therefore, as I have repeatedly suggested, it is time to delink any kind of “gun control” from lethal violence in American society; for it will always be politicized and will lead us into an endless quagmire of political grandstanding. Rather, we should talk about the causes and consequences of murders and violence in American society from cultural, economic, and behavioral points of view; coupled with appeals by all concerned from the president down to the grass roots levels of movers and shakers to help understand the nature of violence among us and stop it through reason, communication and exhortation. I believe this nonviolent approach to curb violence among us could easily garner support from all political spectra, including the Republicans, the gun owners, and even the NRA.

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